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<blockquote data-quote="brett636" data-source="post: 584773" data-attributes="member: 249"><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Black">Typical liberal tactic. You cannot win an argument so you change the subject. Thats fine. Unfortunately for the private health insurance industry they cannot go out into the private sector and take money from people by force like the government can. </span>The interesting thing about the car business is the one non government controlled car company is the one competing successfully against the Japanese and other foreign automakers. In fact, Ford is the first American car company to post a profit since this auto industry slump began. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue"><span style="color: Black">Just wait a couple of years and you can pickup a used Volt with less than 20k miles on it for under $20k. Perhaps then it would make sense to purchase one. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue"><span style="color: Black"></span></span><span style="color: darkslateblue"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue"><span style="color: Black">I am doing it to increase my carbon footprint in honor of all the good cars lost in the Cash for Clunkers program. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue"><span style="color: Black"></span></span></p><p></p><p>Even the article states that diesel taxes are higher making gasoline the cheaper alternative. Most people don't realize there are more BTUs of energy in a gallon of diesel than in a gallon of gasoline. Thanks in part to government regulation/taxes and GM's pathetic attempts at diesel vehicles in prior decades public support for small diesel vehicles is not as high as it should be. In fact several automakers have dropped plans to introduce more diesel vehicles including Ford, GM, and Toyota. I'm sure if they thought there was a market there they would be making them. </p><p></p><p>Lets also look into the fact that the diesel option is much more expensive due to all the extra pollution controls required. The diesel option on a new F250 adds an extra $9k to the price of the truck, while the V10 gas engine option is 1/10th of that with similar capabilities. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue"><span style="color: Black">You'd be kidding yourself if you believed bringing any kids into this world did not increase your carbon footprint. My point is people limit the number of children they raise based on the overall costs of raising a child, not the size of the increase of their carbon footprint. Not like it really matters, the entire global climate change is being caused by humans theory is bogus and has been debunked many times already. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: darkslateblue"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brett636, post: 584773, member: 249"] [COLOR=navy][/COLOR] [COLOR=Black]Typical liberal tactic. You cannot win an argument so you change the subject. Thats fine. Unfortunately for the private health insurance industry they cannot go out into the private sector and take money from people by force like the government can. [/COLOR]The interesting thing about the car business is the one non government controlled car company is the one competing successfully against the Japanese and other foreign automakers. In fact, Ford is the first American car company to post a profit since this auto industry slump began. [COLOR=darkslateblue] [COLOR=Black]Just wait a couple of years and you can pickup a used Volt with less than 20k miles on it for under $20k. Perhaps then it would make sense to purchase one. [/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=darkslateblue][COLOR=Black] I am doing it to increase my carbon footprint in honor of all the good cars lost in the Cash for Clunkers program. [/COLOR][/COLOR] Even the article states that diesel taxes are higher making gasoline the cheaper alternative. Most people don't realize there are more BTUs of energy in a gallon of diesel than in a gallon of gasoline. Thanks in part to government regulation/taxes and GM's pathetic attempts at diesel vehicles in prior decades public support for small diesel vehicles is not as high as it should be. In fact several automakers have dropped plans to introduce more diesel vehicles including Ford, GM, and Toyota. I'm sure if they thought there was a market there they would be making them. Lets also look into the fact that the diesel option is much more expensive due to all the extra pollution controls required. The diesel option on a new F250 adds an extra $9k to the price of the truck, while the V10 gas engine option is 1/10th of that with similar capabilities. [COLOR=darkslateblue] [COLOR=Black]You'd be kidding yourself if you believed bringing any kids into this world did not increase your carbon footprint. My point is people limit the number of children they raise based on the overall costs of raising a child, not the size of the increase of their carbon footprint. Not like it really matters, the entire global climate change is being caused by humans theory is bogus and has been debunked many times already. [/COLOR] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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